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Japan invades China
Japan occupies Manchuria -
Germany invades Poland
Germany Invades Poland, starting World War II officially -
Battle of Britain
Germany's attempt to gain air superiority over Britain -
Tripartite pact signed
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite pact -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs U.S. Naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -
Wannsee Conference
German officials met to discuss the Final Solution -
D-Day
The day that allied forces stormed Normandy -
Potsdam Conference
The Big Three meet in Potsdam to agreee to Germany's surrender -
Atomic Bombings
America drops the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
VJ Day
The day Japan surrendered -
Truman Doctrine
PResident Truman's attemt at containing Communism -
Marshall Plan
US plan to lend aid to a destroyed Europe -
Stalin's death
Joseph Stalin Dies -
Warsaw Pact
Mutual defensive organazation between the communist powers -
Sputnik-1 Launched
Russians launched SPutnik-1 into orbit -
Bay of Pigs
Failed attack on Cuba by Kennedy
